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PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 797, 798-DEC. 22, 1942 Proceeds from sale of lands. (26 Stat. 91- 43 U. S. C . 1094), for the tracts in that town reserved for parks, sch o o ls , and other public purposes, without inserting in the patent the condition required by such section that the lands shall be maintained for the purposes mentioned. SEO. 2. The proceeds derived from the sale of such parcels of land shall be used by the Town Board of Fletcher, Oklahoma, first, to repair and improve the water system in such town; and, second, to construct a town building containing, among other things, a fire station, jail, and town hall. Approved, December 22, 1942. [CHAPTER 798] December 22, 1942 [S. J . Res. 170] [Public Law 821] Overtime pay for government employ- ees. Time extension. Ante, pp. 645, 765. Proisos. Employees Indud- ed. 42 Stat. 1488; ante, p. 733. 5U. S .C. §§661-674; Supp. I , ch. 13. Persons not includ- ed. Limitation on amount. Ante, p. 88 . 55 Stat. 150. 46 U.S. C., Supp. I, prec. §1251 note. Additional pay in lieu of overtime pay for designated em- ployees. JOINT RESOLUTION Extending until April 30, 1943, the period for which overtime rates of compensa- tion may be paid under the Acts of June 28, 1940 (54 Stat. 676), October 21, 1940 (54 Stat. 1205), and June 3, 1941 (55 Stat. 241), and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolu- tion entitled "Joint resolution extending the period for which over- time rates of compensation may be paid under certain Acts", approved July 3, 1942, is amended by striking out "November 30, 1942," and inserting "April 30, 1943": Provided, That the authorization con- tained herein to pay overtime compensation to certain groups of employees is hereby extended, effective December 1, 1942, to all civilian employees in or under the United States Government, includ- ing Government-owned or controlled organizations (except employees in the legislative and judicial branches), and to those employees of the District of Columbia municipal government who occupy positions subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended: Provided further, That such extension shall not apply to (a) those whose wages are fixed on a daily or hourly basis and adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing rates by wage boards or similar administrative authority serving the same purpose, (b) elected offi- cials, (c) heads of departments, independent establishments and agencies, and (d) employees outside the continental limits of the United States, including Alaska, who are paid in accordance with local prevailing native wage rates for the area in which employed: Provided further, That overtime compensation authorized herein and under the Act approved February 10, 1942 (Public Law Numbered 450, Seventy-seventh Congress) and section 4 of the Act approved May 2, 1941 (Public Law Numbered 46, Seventy-seventh Congress), as amended, shall be payable only on that part of an employee's basic compensation not in excess of $2,900 per annum, and each such employee shall be paid only such overtime compensation or portion thereof as will not cause his aggregate compensation to exceed a rate of $5,000 per annum: And provided further, That officers or employees whose compensation is based on mileage, postal receipts, fees, piecework, or other than a time period basis or whose hours of duty are intermittent, irregular, or less than full time, substitute employees whose compensation is based upon a rate per hour or per day, and employees in or under the legislative and judicial branches, shall be paid additional compensation, in lieu of the overtime com- pensation authorized herein, amounting to 10 per centum of so much of their earned basic compensation as is not in excess of a rate of $2,900 per annum, and each such employee shall be paid only such additional compensation or portion thereof as will not cause his aggregate compensation to exceed a rate of $5,000 per annum. 1068 [56 STAT.